These interactive activities develop the concept of fractions as parts of a whole, and provide practice in writing and comparing fractions. The activities prompt students to answer questions by fillin...More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...

In this lesson, the students expand the number of fractions they can represent with pattern blocks by increasing the whole. Instead of representing the whole with one yellow hexagon, the students expl...More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...

These interactive activities develop the concept of fractions as parts of a whole, and provide practice in writing and comparing fractions. The activities prompt students to answer questions by fillin...More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...

In this lesson, the students use a fraction applet to construct various fractions when given the fraction in standard form. This lesson promotes problem solving, reasoning, and multiple representation...More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...

This lesson focuses on the identification of fractional parts of a region and records them in standard form. Students continue to develop communication skills by working together to express their unde...More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...

In this lesson, students use an actual ruler to represent various fractions as lengths. This lesson builds on the work done in the previous lesson with nonstandard measurement as students use a standa...More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...

Students are presented with a number line marked in different intervals (e.g. quarters and eighths) and are asked to write the corresponding equivalent fractions at indicated points. Fee required to ...More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...

Activities designed to introduce fractions in a concept-building way, together with a page for teachers with implementation ideas and standards links. The activities can be done on computers with Inte...More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...

This module looks at what simple fractions are, how they are written in figures and in words, and the relationship between dividing a whole into equal parts and unit fractions. Equivalent fractions an...More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...

This interactive tool is one of a series of tools created by Conceptua Math that are designed for teacher-facilitated instruction. Teachers work with students using this tool to help them build conce...More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...

This interactive tool is one of a series of tools created by Conceptua Math that are designed for teacher-facilitated instruction. Teachers work with students using this tool to help them develop ...More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...

Graphically determine the value of a given fraction represented as a point on a number line. Graphically find a fraction whose value is the given fraction using an arrow on the number line as a guide....More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...

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